While
nothing is confirmed, a recent job posting on
Sling Media's
website unveiled that the company behind the
Slingboxes is
looking for a "Senior Mobile User Interface Designer". The job will be "to
create the next generation user interfaces for Sling Media customers. The Senior
Mobile User Interface Designer works closely with Product Management to define
visual design and user interaction for Sling’s mobile products. This position
requires a deep understanding and passion for UX". However, most interesting
is the part where Sling Media highlights the required expertise: "on the existing user
interface paradigms used on
iPhone,
BlackBerry,
Windows Mobile,
Symbian,
Android, and
webOS".

Sure enough,
SlingPlayer
Mobile already exists for Windows Mobile, Symbian, iPhone and BlackBerry but
all four platforms feature a different UI and user experience where the iPhone
UI might be the most finger friendly while the Windows Mobile platform is the
most complete and feature-richest.
Therefore it sounds a little bit like Sling Media plans to overhaul and unify
the user experience on all existing platforms and while they are reworking the
UI, it makes sense to add the next and yet missing smartphone platforms to the
portfolio of supported SlingPlayer Mobile operating systems as well.